AVIATION.
DESCENT IN PARACHUTE; AN UNFORTUNATE ENDING. (Peb United Press Association.) . , ROTORUA, November 29. A parachute descent which had been arranged by the Rotorua Aero Club ended unfortunately, Captain Noah Jonnasson ICB -i} njUr . le £ tO , a ]e ®’ £he extent of which will not be known till there his been an X-ray examination. The sky was PMnl eS nffi lth M hlßh w ! nd bl°wing, when h lying Officer Money, m the monoplane Arawa, took the air. After the machine over 3000 feet the parachutist jumped, apparently descending under perfect control towards the aerodrome. The spectators surmised that the parachutist was attempting to guide the machine away from the crowd, and he landed in some adjacent scrub with considerable • force. Ihe injured man was taken to the King George nosmtal for treatment, and was tound to be suffering considerably from injuries and shock.
WANGANUI AIRPORT. FIRST LANDING MADE. (Per United Press Association.) Maior r W i NG o A^ m ' Nove “her 29. Major G. A. C. Cowper, of Western w!! aiß ' made tbe first landmg at the Wanganui airport this afterC 1U M H, UI T cfub ’had £IOO available for unemployed relief purnoses a s ab & dr °\ tt l e Unemployment Board, th e .s 1 " “» ”»
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21197, 1 December 1930, Page 10
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